FY24 Promotion Selection Board Deferment

Posted on June 11, 2022 Updated on June 9, 2022

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SUBJ/FY-24 PROMOTION SELECTION BOARD DEFERMENT//

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NARR/REF A IS TITLE 10 U.S. CODE SECTION 619, ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION 
FOR PROMOTION: TIME-IN-GRADE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
REF B IS TITLE 10 U.S. CODE SECTION 14301, ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR 
PROMOTION: GENERAL RULES.  
REF C IS DOD INSTRUCTION 1320.14, COMMISSIONED OFFICER PROMOTION PROGRAM 
PROCEDURES.  
REF D IS LETTER DELEGATING OPT OUT CONSIDERATION FOR PROMOTION TO CNP FROM 
SECNAV.  
REF E IS TITLE 10 U.S. CODE SECTION 611, CONVENING OF SELECTION BOARDS.  
REF F IS TITLE 10 U.S. CODE SECTION 14101, CONVENING OF SELECTION BOARDS.//

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN provides guidance for Active Component (AC) and 
Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR) unrestricted line (URL) 
officers to request to defer consideration for a fiscal year (FY) 2024 
promotion selection board (PSB).

2.  References (a) through (c) authorize the Secretary of the Navy
(SECNAV) to approve the request of an officer to defer promotion 
consideration by a PSB convened under references (e) and (f).
Reference (d) delegates approval authority to the Chief of Naval Personnel 
(CNP).  Requests may be approved if all of the following conditions are met:
    a.  The basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a 
broadening assignment, advanced education, or another assignment of 
significant value to the Department of the Navy and a career progression 
requirement is delayed by the assignment or education.
    b. The exclusion from consideration is in the best interest of the 
Department of the Navy.
    c.  The officer has not previously failed of selection for promotion to 
the grade for which the officer requests the deferral.

3.  Eligible Officers.  All AC and TAR URL officers who are in-zone or above-
zone not previously considered for promotion to Lieutenant Commander, 
Commander, or Captain in FY-24 and meet the requirements in paragraph 2 above 
may submit a request.
    a.  Examples of broadening assignments include, but are not limited to:
        (1) White House Fellowship.
        (2) Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship.
        (3) Federal Executive Fellowships (e.g., politico-military and 
cyber).
        (4) SECNAV tours with industry.
    b.  Examples of advanced education include, but are not limited
to:
        (1) Competitive education programs (e.g., Olmsted, Marshall, Rhodes, 
Fleet Scholar).
        (2) In-residence Naval Postgraduate School or Naval War College.
        (3) Equivalent service institutions or in-residence civilian 
education programs.
    c.  Examples of another assignment of significant value include, but are 
not limited to:
        (1) Defense or naval attache.
        (2) The personnel exchange program.

4.  Requests
    a.  Requests shall include:
        (1) A description of the broadening assignment, advanced education, 
assignment of significant value, and career progression requirement delayed 
by the assignment or education.
        (2) Justification for requesting PSB consideration opt-out.
        (3) A recommendation from the commanding officer or equivalent.
    b.  E-mail requests to Bureau of Naval Personnel, Active Community 
Managers (BUPERS-31) (bupers3_optout.fct(at)navy.mil).
    c.  All requests must be received via e-mail no later than 29 July 2022.
    d.  Officers that require deferral for more than one FY must annually 
submit a new request to defer consideration.

5.  Staffing and review.  Officer requests shall be reviewed by a panel of, 
at a minimum, an Officer Community Management Branch
(BUPERS-3) URL community manager (for nuclear trained officers the Officer 
and Enlisted Nuclear Programs Policy Branch (OPNAV N133), shall be included 
on the panel), a Navy Personnel Command Career Management Branch (PERS-4) 
officer detailer and one additional officer, all senior to the officer 
requesting to defer PSB consideration.  The panel will forward its 
recommendation to CNP via the community sponsor of the officer.

6.  URL community sponsor review.  The URL community flag officer sponsor for 
requesting officers shall provide a recommendation concerning all PSB 
deferral requests.  The community sponsor should consider the documented 
performance history of the officer and ability to provide future benefit to 
the Navy.  For disapproval recommendations, the community sponsor shall state 
the reasons for the disapproval recommendation.

7.  Officers will be notified in writing via e-mail of approval or 
disapproval of their request no later than 45 calendar days before the 
proposed convening date of the first FY-24 PSB.

8.  Officers that are approved for PSB deferment, but are subsequently 
determined to be below-zone, will be considered below- zone by the FY-24 PSB.  
Officers selected for promotion in subsequent years after deferring FY-24 PSB 
consideration will be placed into a new promotion year group based on their 
resulting date of rank.  Those officers will be considered by future 
administrative and statutory PSBs with the new promotion year group.  The 
records of officers with approved deferrals of promotion consideration will 
not be identified or made known to any PSB.

9.  For additional details and application procedures and templates, visit 
the MyNavy HR website at:
https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Boards/Active-Duty-
Officer/ and then select Promotion Selection Board Deferment (Opt-
Out) Guidance.  The point of contact for this matter is Mrs.
Kimberly Riddle who can be reached at (901) 874-2369/DSN 882 or via e-mail at 
kimberly.s.riddle.civ(at)us.navy.mil.

10.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or until
1 January 2023, whichever occurs first.

11.  Released by Rear Admiral J. P. Waters, Acting N1B.//

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FY23 Promotion Board Dates, Zones, and Continuation Policy

Posted on December 11, 2021 Updated on December 10, 2021

This NAVADMIN gives you the zones for the FY23 promotion boards. The combined O4/O5 board will occur on 2 MAY 2022 while the O6 board occurs on 8 FEB 2022.

What is the easiest way to figure out where you are in the promotion board zones? The MC lineal list Excel spreadsheet that spells out the zones is posted on the MC Sharepoint. Or if you are MC or DC you can use your date of rank and look at page 5 of the Promo Prep because we are DOPMA exempt. NC and MSC need to use the zone NAVADMIN or their Corps’ lineal list spreadsheet.

Finally, the continuation policy that governs whether you can stay on Active Duty if you are not promoted is in this NAVADMIN. There were no changes for MC or DC from last year’s policy, but the Community Managers said this when I asked them if there were any other changes:

“NC added 1920 (Maternal/Infant) to 2xFOS LT Continuation.  MSC made several changes to eligible specialty list for 2xFOS LTs:

-All MSC clinical specialties with a 1xFOS LT are included in the FY23 plan.  Last year, the only clinical specialties were Physician Assistant, Clinical Psych, Social Work, and Podiatry.

-No HCAs are included in the FY23 plan.  Last year, a couple of HCA specialties (HFPPO and Operations Analysis) were eligible.

-All MSC science specialties (except Aviation and Operational Physiology) with a 1xFOS LT are included in the FY23 plan.  Last year, some over-manned/healthy specialties were excluded (i.e. Aviation and Operational Physiology, Entomology, and Microbiology).”